Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626Show full title

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626

of 5 March 2019

concerning lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these lists

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 127(2) thereof,

After consulting the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 lays down rules for official controls and other control activities performed by the competent authorities of the Member States in order to verify compliance with Union legislation in the area of, among others, food safety at all stages of the production, processing and distribution process. In particular, it provides that certain animals and goods are only to enter the Union from of a third country or region thereof which appears on a list drawn up by the Commission for that purpose.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625(2) supplements Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards the conditions for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption from third countries or regions thereof in order to ensure that they comply with the relevant requirements established in the rules referred to in Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (food safety) or with requirements recognised to be at least equivalent. Those conditions include the identification of the animals and goods intended for human consumption to which the requirement to come from a third country or region thereof listed in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies.

(3) Lists of third countries or regions thereof for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption are established to ensure compliance with food safety requirements in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3), which will be repealed by 14 December 2019 by Regulation (EU) 2017/625, and with animal health requirements in accordance with Article 8(1) of Council Directive 2002/99/EC(4). When compliance with both human and animal health requirements was deemed necessary, common lists covering both aspects were laid down by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759(5), Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010(6), Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009(7), Commission Decision 2007/777/EC(8), Commission Decision 2003/779/EC(9) and Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010(10).

(4) Additional lists of third countries or regions thereof from which the entry into the Union of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products is permitted, based on public health considerations, are established in Commission Decision 2006/766/EC(11), adopted under Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.

(5) Since Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 is repealed by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 with effect from 14 December 2019 and in order to have one single legal act compiling all third countries or regions thereof required to be listed to enter certain animals and goods on the Union market from food and food safety perspective, it is appropriate to lay down lists for those animals and goods in this Regulation.

(6) Since discussions within the context of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council(12) are ongoing on the requirements for the listing of third countries or regions thereof for the entry into the Union of certain products of animal origin for animal health reasons, it is also appropriate to provide lists for these products of animal origin by laying down cross-references to the existing lists for animal health reasons in order to avoid duplication of lists. These lists have been drawn up on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and Directive 2002/99/EC at the request of the third countries concerned. In order to be on these lists, the competent authorities of the third countries provided appropriate guarantees, in particular as regards compliance or equivalence with Union food law and the organisation of the third country's competent authorities. The re-assessment of compliance with these conditions in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is therefore not necessary.

(7) It is appropriate to maintain common lists for the purpose of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 related to food and food safety with the existing lists, laid down for animal health reasons and to keep a coordinated approach by only listing third countries and regions thereof if a residue control programme has been approved in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC(13), when applicable.

(8) Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(14) lays down requirements for food business operators importing products of animal origin and composite products. In particular, it provides that food business operators importing products of animal origin from third countries or regions thereof are to ensure that the third country of dispatch appears on a list of third countries from which imports of such products are permitted.

(9) Transitional measures providing for derogations from the import conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and applying to certain products of animal origin are provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/185(15), and apply until 31 December 2020.

(10) Additional lists of third countries or regions thereof must therefore be established at the latest before the transitional measures laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/185 expire to avoid an interruption of the entry into the Union of consignments of those products of animal origin. Lists should be established in particular for rendered animal fats and greaves, reptile meat, insects and casings.

(11) Food consisting of, isolated from or produced from insects or their parts, including live insects, are subject to novel food authorisation in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council(16). It is appropriate to establish a list for these groups of products.

(12) It is necessary to establish before the end of the transitional measures provided for in Regulation (EU) 2017/185, a list of products of animal origin other than those for which specific lists have been laid down in this Regulation to avoid jeopardising the entry into the Union of currently imported products of animal origin, which are essential for European food business operators.

(13) The transitional measures laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/185 for certain products of animal origin and composite products were introduced because they represent a low risk for human health because of the very low quantities consumed or because the manufacturing of the products largely excludes human health risk. It is therefore disproportionate to request all evidence and guarantees from third countries in accordance with Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625.

(14) Lists should be laid down in this Regulation and deleted from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Decision 2006/766/EC. Regulation (EU) 2016/759 should therefore be amended accordingly and Decision 2006/766/EC should be repealed.

(15) As Regulation (EU) 2017/625 applies with effect from 14 December 2019, this Regulation should also apply from that date.

(16) Lists of third countries or regions thereof allowed, on the basis of their animal health status, for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings will only be established as from 21 April 2021 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429. It is appropriate that the list of third countries or regions thereof allowed for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings for human consumption applies only from the same date on. Transitional measures providing derogations concerning public health requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of casings should therefore be extended until 20 April 2021.

(17) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter and scope

This Regulation concerns the lists of third countries or regions thereof from which consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption shall be authorised for entry into [F1 Great Britain] from food safety perspective in accordance with Article 126(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(2)

‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(3)

‘meat’ means meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(4)

‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(5)

‘wild game’ means wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(6)

‘eggs’ means eggs as defined in point 5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(7)

‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(8)

‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(9)

‘treated stomachs, bladders and intestines’ means treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(10)

‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(11)

‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(12)

‘raw milk’ means raw milk as defined in point 4.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(13)

‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(14)

‘colostrum’ means colostrum as defined in point 1 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(15)

‘colostrum-based products’ means colostrum-based products as defined in points 2 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(16)

‘frogs' legs’ means frogs' legs as defined in point 6.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(17)

[F2 ‘ snails ’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and any other species of snails of the family of Helicidae, Hygromiidae or Sphincterochilidae, intended for human consumption;]

(18)

‘rendered animal fat’ means rendered animal fat defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(19)

‘greaves’ means greaves as defined in point7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(20)

‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(21)

‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;

(22)

‘honey’ means honey as defined in point 1 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(17);

(23)

‘apiculture products’ means apiculture products as defined in point 2 of Part IX of Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(24)

‘reptile meat’ means reptile meat as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/625;

(25)

‘insects’ means insects as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/625.

(26)

[F3 “appropriate authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of snails, gelatine and collagen, and insects intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).

F3 Art. 2(26) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(4) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 3 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F4 Great Britain] of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates

Consignments of fresh meat and meat preparations of ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with point (a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 4 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F6 Great Britain] of meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, meat preparations of poultry, eggs and egg products

Consignments of meat of poultry, ratites and wild game birds, meat preparations of poultry, eggs and egg products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008(18).

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F6 Words in Art. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 5 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F7 Great Britain] of meat of wild leporidae, of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, and of farmed rabbits

Consignments of meat of wild leporidae, of wild land mammals other than ungulates and leporidae, and of farmed rabbits intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 119/2009.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F7 Words in Art. 5 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 6 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F8 Great Britain] of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines other than casings

Consignments of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, others than casings, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with point (b) of Article 3 of Decision 2007/777/EC.

However, consignments of biltong/jerky and pasteurised meat products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with Part 3 of Annex II of Decision 2007/777/EC.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F8 Words in Art. 6 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 7 U.K. Third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F9 Great Britain] of casings

Consignments of casings intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with Article 1 of Decision 2003/779/EC.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F9 Words in Art. 7 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 8 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F10 Great Britain] of live, chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

Consignments of live chilled, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex I. Nevertheless, entry into [F5 Great Britain] of adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, shall also be permitted from third countries not appearing on such a list.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F10 Words in Art. 8 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 9 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F11 Great Britain] of fishery products others than those referred to in Article 8

Consignments of fishery products others than those referred to in Article 8, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex II.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F11 Words in Art. 9 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

[F12 Article 10 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F13 Great Britain] of consignments of raw milk, colostrum, dairy products and colostrum-based products

Consignments of raw milk, colostrum, dairy products and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import into [F5 Great Britain] in accordance with Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Regulation (EU) No 605/2010.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F12 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1572 of 28 October 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of dairy products and insects (Text with EEA relevance).

F13 Words in Art. 10 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 11 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F14 Great Britain] of frogs' legs

Consignments of frogs' legs intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex III.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F14 Words in Art. 11 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

[F2 Article 12 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F15 Great Britain] of snails

Consignments of snails intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from third countries or regions thereof that are listed in Annex III to this Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of snails, gelatine and collagen, and insects intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F15 Words in Art. 12 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 13 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F16 Great Britain] of rendered animal fats and greaves

 [F17 Consignments of rendered animal fats and greaves intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of the third countries or regions authorised for the import of meat products into Great Britain in accordance with Article 3(b)(i) of Decision 2007/777/EC as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article.]

Textual Amendments

F16 Words in Art. 13 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F17 Art. 13 substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(2)

Article 14 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F18 Great Britain] of gelatine and collagen

[F19 1 . Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine animals, intended for human consumption, may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of a third country mentioned in paragraph 1A as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.

1A. For the purposes of paragraph 1 the third countries are—

(a) the countries listed in column 1 of Part 1 of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010;

(b) South Korea;

(c) Malaysia;

(d) Pakistan;

(e) Taiwan.

2 . Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of a third country mentioned in paragraph 2A as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.

2A. For the purposes of paragraph 2 the third countries are—

(a) the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;

(b) Taiwan.

3. Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from fishery products intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of a third country or region listed in Annex 2 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.]

4. Consignments of gelatine and collagen derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals others than ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries F20 ... listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 [F21 , or parts thereof specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article].

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F18 Words in Art. 14 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F19 Art. 14(1)-(3) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(3)

F20 Words in Art. 14(4) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(a)

F21 Words in Art. 14(4) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(b)

[F23 Article 15 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F22 Great Britain] of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

[F23 1. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine animals intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of third countries or regions authorised for the import of consignments of fresh meat of the specific ungulates into Great Britain in accordance with point (a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.]

2. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries F24 ... listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 [F25 or territories, zones or compartments thereof] for which imports of poultry meat of the respective species are authorised as specified [F26 by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article].

[F27 3. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from fishery products intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of third countries or regions that are listed in Annex 2 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.]

[F27 4. Consignments of raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals others than ungulates intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries F28 ... listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 [F29 , or parts thereof specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article].]]

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F22 Words in Art. 15 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F23 Art. 15(1) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(4)(a)

F24 Words in Art. 15(2) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(a)(i)

F25 Words in Art. 15(2) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(a)(ii)

F26 Words in Art. 15(2) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(a)(iii)

F27 Art. 15(3) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(4)(b)

F28 Words in Art. 15(4) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(b)(i)

F29 Words in Art. 15(4) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(3)(b)(ii)

Article 16 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F30 Great Britain] of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen

[F31 1. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine animals intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of a third country mentioned in paragraph 1A as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.

1A. For the purposes of paragraph 1 the third countries are—

(a0 the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010;

(b) South Korea;

(c) Malaysia;

(d) Pakistan;

(e) Taiwan.

2. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from poultry intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of a third country mentioned in paragraph 2A as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.

2A. For the purposes of paragraph 2 the third countries are—

(a) the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;

(b) Taiwan.

3. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from fishery products intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of third countries or regions that are listed in Annex 2 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.]

4. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals others than ungulates, intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries F32 ... listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 [F33 , or any parts thereof specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article].

[F34 5. Consignments of treated raw materials for the production of gelatine and collagen referred to in point 4(b)(iii) of Chapter 1 of Section 14 of Annex 3 to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of third countries or regions authorised for the entry of raw materials derived from those commodities in accordance with Article 15 of this Regulation as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F30 Words in Art. 16 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F31 Art. 16(1)-(3) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(5)(a)

F32 Words in Art. 16(4) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(4)(a)

F33 Words in Art. 16(4) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(4)(b)

F34 Art. 16(5) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(5)(b)

Article 17 U.K. List of third countries authorised for the entry into [F35 Great Britain] of honey and other apiculture products

[F36 1.] Consignments of honey and other apiculture products intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the third countries listed in the ‘Country’ column in the Annex to Commission Decision 2011/163/EU(19) and [F37 are specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), as being a third country whose relevant plans are approved in relation to honey under Article 1(b) of that Decision in a document published for the purposes of that point].

[F38 2. In this Decision—

• “relevant plans” has the same meaning as in Article 1 of Commission Decision 2011/163/EU;

• “third country” means any other country or territory other than the British Islands.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F35 Words in Art. 17 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F36 Art. 17 renumbered as Art. 17(1) (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(a)

F37 Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(b)

F38 Art. 17(2) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(5)(c)

Article 18 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F39 Great Britain] of certain highly refined products

 [F40 Consignments of highly refined chondroitin sulphate, hyaluronic acid, other hydrolysed cartilage products, chitosan, glucosamine, rennet, isinglass and amino acids intended for human consumption may only be authorised for entry into Great Britain if they come from such territory or part of the following third countries as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article—

(a) in the case of raw materials derived from ungulates—

(i) the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010;

(ii) South Korea;

(iii) Malaysia;

(iv) Pakistan;

(v) Taiwan;

(b) in the case of raw materials derived from fishery products, third countries or regions that are listed in Annex 2;

(c) in the case of raw materials derived from poultry, third countries or territories listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.]

Textual Amendments

F39 Words in Art. 18 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F40 Art. 18 substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(6)

Article 19 U.K. List of third countries authorised for the entry into [F41 Great Britain] of reptile meat

Consignments of reptile meat intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from [F42 EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,] Switzerland(20), Botswana, Vietnam, South Africa or Zimbabwe.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F41 Words in Art. 19 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F42 Words in Art. 19 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(5) (with regs. 33-36)

[F2 Article 20 U.K. Third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F43 Great Britain] of insects

Consignments of insects intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if such foods have originated in and been consigned from a third country or region thereof, listed in Annex IIIa to this Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of snails, gelatine and collagen, and insects intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F43 Words in Art. 20 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 21 U.K. List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into [F44 Great Britain] of other products of animal origin

Consignments of products of animal origin other than those referred to in Articles 3 to 20 intended for human consumption shall only be authorised for the entry into [F5 Great Britain] if they come from the following third countries or regions thereof:

1.

[F45 if derived from ungulates, such territory or part of the following third countries as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 2 to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010;

(b)

South Korea;

(c)

Malaysia;

(d)

Pakistan;

(e)

Taiwan;

2.

if derived from poultry, such territory or part of the following third countries as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

the countries listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;

(b)

Taiwan;

3.

if derived from fishery products, such territory or part of the third countries or regions listed in Annex 2 as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph;]

4.

if derived from leporidae and from wild land mammals other than ungulates, the third countries F46 ... listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 [F47 , or any parts thereof specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), under Article 3 of that Regulation in a document published for the purposes of that Article];

5.

if derived from different species, the third countries or regions thereof listed in points 1 to 4 of this Article for each product of animal origin.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Arts. 3-21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

F44 Words in Art. 21 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with regs. 33-36)

F45 Art. 21(1)-(3) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(7)

F46 Words in Art. 21(4) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(6)(a)

F47 Words in Art. 21(4) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Import of Animals and Animal Products and Approved Countries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/735), regs. 1(2), 17(6)(b)

Article 22 U.K. Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is deleted;

2.

Annex I is deleted.

Article 23 U.K. Repeal

Decision 2006/766/EC is repealed. References to Decision 2006/766/EC shall be construed as references to this Regulation and read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 24 U.K. Transitional provisions

Until 20 April 2021, [F48 the appropriate authority must] continue to allow the entry on their territory of consignments of casings referred to in Article 7 from third countries or regions thereof authorised for the import of such consignments into [F49 Great Britain] in accordance with Article 1 of Decision 2003/779/EC.

Textual Amendments

F48 Words in Art. 24 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(6) (with regs. 33-36)

F49 Words in Art. 24 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(3) (with regs. 33-36)

Article 25 U.K. Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 14 December 2019.

F50 ...

Textual Amendments

F50 Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(7) (with regs. 33-36)

ANNEX I U.K.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Annex 1: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/1225, reg. 5 (as amended by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(2)(a), 38(3)(b))

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR REGIONS THEREOF FROM WHICH ENTRY INTO [F51 GREAT BRITAIN] OF LIVE, CHILLED, FROZEN OR PROCESSED BIVALVE MOLLUSCS, ECHINODERMS, TUNICATES AND MARINE GASTROPODS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION [F52 IS PERMITTED]^a

a Including those covered by the definition of fishery products in point 3.1, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).
F53 . . .
COUNTRY ISO CODE	THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF	REMARKS
AU	Australia	[F54 Subject to any conditions published by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales).]
CA	Canada
CH	Switzerland
CL	Chile
	[F55 EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway]
[F55 FO	Faroe Islands]
GL	Greenland
JM	Jamaica
JP	Japan
KR	South Korea
MA	Morocco
NZ	New Zealand
PE	Peru
TH	Thailand
TN	Tunisia
TR	Turkey
US	United States of America
UY	Uruguay
VN	Vietnam

Textual Amendments

F51 Words in Annex 1 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(8)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F52 Words in Annex 1 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(8)(a)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

F53 Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(8)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F54 Words in Annex 1 table substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(8)

F55 Words in Annex 1 Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(8)(b)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

ANNEX II U.K.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Annex 2: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/1225, reg. 5 (as amended by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(2)(a), 38(3)(b))

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR REGIONS THEREOF FROM WHICH ENTRY INTO [F56 GREAT BRITAIN] OF FISHERY PRODUCTS, OTHER THAN THOSE COVERED BY ANNEX I [F57 , IS PERMITTED]

F58 . . .
COUNTRY ISO CODE	THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF	RESTRICTIONS
AE	United Arab Emirates	[F59 Subject to any conditions published by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales).]
AG	Antigua and Barbuda
AL	Albania
AM	Armenia
AO	Angola
AR	Argentina
AU	Australia
AZ	Azerbaijan
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BD	Bangladesh
BJ	Benin
BN	Brunei
BR	Brazil
BQ	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba
BS	The Bahamas
BY	Belarus
BZ	Belize
CA	Canada
CG	Congo
CH	Switzerland
CI	Cote d'Ivore
CL	Chile
CN	China
CO	Colombia
CR	Costa Rica
CU	Cuba
CV	Cape Verde
CW	Curaçao
DZ	Algeria
EC	Ecuador
EG	Egypt
ER	Eritrea
	[F60 EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway]
FJ	Fiji
FK	Falkland Islands
[F61 FO	Faroe Islands]
GA	Gabon
GD	Grenada
GE	Georgia
GH	Ghana
GL	Greenland
GM	Gambia
GN	Guinea
GT	Guatemala
GY	Guyana
HK	Hong Kong
HN	Honduras
ID	Indonesia
IL	Israel
IN	India
IR	Iran
JM	Jamaica
JP	Japan
KE	Kenya
KI	Republic of Kiribati
KR	South Korea
KZ	Kazakhstan
LK	Sri Lanka
MA	Morocco
MD	Republic of Moldova
ME	Montenegro
MG	Madagascar
MK	North Macedonia
MM	Myanmar
MR	Mauretania
MU	Mauritius
MV	Maldives
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
MZ	Mozambique
NA	Namibia
NC	New Caledonia
NG	Nigeria
NI	Nicaragua
NZ	New Zealand
OM	Oman
PA	Panama
PE	Peru
PF	French Polynesia
PG	Papua New Guinea
PH	Philippines
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon
PK	Pakistan
RS	Serbia Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
RU	Russia
SA	Saudi Arabia
SB	Solomon Islands
SC	Seychelles
SG	Singapore
SH	Saint Helena Not including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension
	Tristan da Cunha Not including the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension
SN	Senegal
SR	Suriname
SV	El Salvador
SX	Sint Maarten
TG	Togo
TH	Thailand
TN	Tunisia
TR	Turkey
TW	Taiwan
TZ	Tanzania
UA	Ukraine
UG	Uganda
US	United States of America
UY	Uruguay
VE	Venezuela
VN	Vietnam
YE	Yemen
ZA	South Africa
ZW	Zimbabwe

Textual Amendments

F56 Words in Annex 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(9)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F57 Words in Annex 2 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(9)(a)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

F58 Words in Annex 2 Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(9)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F59 Words in Annex 2 Table substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(9)

F60 Words in Annex 2 Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(9)(b)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

F61 Words in Annex 2 Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(9)(b)(iii) (with regs. 33-36)

ANNEX III U.K.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Annex 3: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/1225, reg. 5 (as amended by The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(2)(a), 38(3)(b))

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR REGIONS THEREOF FROM WHICH ENTRY INTO [F62 GREAT BRITAIN] OF FROGS' LEGS AND SNAILS, PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION XI TO ANNEX III TO REGULATION (EC) NO 853/2004 INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION [F63 IS PERMITTED]

F64 . . .
COUNTRY ISO CODE	THIRD COUNTRY OR REGIONS THEREOF	RESTRICTIONS
AE	United Arab Emirates	[F65 Subject to any conditions published by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales).]
AL	Albania
[F66 AM	Armenia ]
AO	Angola
AR	Argentina
AU	Australia
AZ	Azerbaijan
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BD	Bangladesh
BJ	Benin
BR	Brazil
BQ	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba
BS	The Bahamas
BY	Belarus
BZ	Belize
CA	Canada
CH	Switzerland
CI	Cote d'Ivore
CL	Chile
CN	China
CO	Colombia
CR	Costa Rica
CU	Cuba
CV	Cape Verde
CW	Curaçao
DZ	Algeria
EC	Ecuador
EG	Egypt
ER	Eritrea
	[F67 EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway]
FJ	Fiji
FK	Falkland Islands
GA	Gabon
GD	Grenada
GE	Georgia
GH	Ghana
GL	Greenland
GM	Gambia
GT	Guatemala
GY	Guyana
HK	Hong Kong
HN	Honduras
ID	Indonesia
IL	Israel
IN	India
IR	Iran
JM	Jamaica
JP	Japan
KE	Kenya
KI	Republic of Kiribati
KR	South Korea
[F68 TH	Thailand ]
KZ	Kazakhstan
LK	Sri Lanka
MA	Morocco
MD	Republic of Moldova
ME	Montenegro
MG	Madagascar
MK	North Macedonia
MM	Myanmar
MR	Mauretania
MU	Mauritius
MV	Maldives
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
MZ	Mozambique
NA	Namibia
NC	New Caledonia
NG	Nigeria
NI	Nicaragua
NZ	New Zealand
OM	Oman
PA	Panama
PE	Peru
PF	French Polynesia
PG	Papua New Guinea
PH	Philippines
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon
PK	Pakistan
RS	Serbia Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
RU	Russia
SA	Saudi Arabia
SB	Solomon Islands
SC	Seychelles
SG	Singapore
SH	Saint Helena Not including the islands of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension
SN	Senegal
SR	Suriname
SV	El Salvador
SX	Sint Maarten
SY	Syria
TG	Togo
TH	Thailand
TN	Tunisia
TR	Turkey
TW	Taiwan
TZ	Tanzania
UA	Ukraine
UG	Uganda
US	United States of America
UY	Uruguay
VE	Venezuela
VN	Vietnam
YE	Yemen
ZA	South Africa
ZW	Zimbabwe

Textual Amendments

F62 Words in Annex 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(10)(a)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F63 Words in Annex 3 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(10)(a)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

F64 Words in Annex 3 Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(10)(b)(i) (with regs. 33-36)

F65 Words in Annex 3 Table substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(10)

F66 Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1981 of 28 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of snails, gelatine and collagen, and insects intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance).

F67 Words in Annex 3 Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(10)(b)(ii) (with regs. 33-36)

F68 Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1572 of 28 October 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of dairy products and insects (Text with EEA relevance).

[F66 ANNEX IIIa U.K. LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES OR REGIONS THEREOF FROM WHICH ENTRY INTO [F69 GREAT BRITAIN] OF INSECTS IS PERMITTED, REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 20

Textual Amendments

F69 Words in Annex 3a heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(11)(a) (with regs. 33-36)

Country ISO code	Third country or regions thereof	Remarks
CA	Canada	[F70 Subject to any conditions published by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales).]
CH	Switzerland
	[F71 EU member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway]
KR	South Korea
[F72 TH	Thailand]]

Textual Amendments

F70 Words in Annex 3a Table substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 48(11)

F71 Words in Annex 3a Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 15(11)(b) (with regs. 33-36)

F72 Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1572 of 28 October 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/626 as regards lists of third countries and regions thereof authorised for the entry into the European Union of dairy products and insects (Text with EEA relevance).

ANNEX IV U.K.

CORRELATION TABLE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 23

Decision 2006/766/EC	This Regulation
Article 1	Article 8
Article 2	Article 9
Article 3	—
Article 4	—
Annex I	Annex I
Annex II	Annex II

(1)

OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.

(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption (see page 18 of this Official Journal).

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206).

(4)

Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11).

(5)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 of 28 April 2016 drawing up lists of third countries, parts of third countries and territories from which Member States are to authorise the introduction into the Union of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption, laying down certificate requirements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and repealing Decision 2003/812/EC (OJ L 126, 14.5.2016, p. 13).

(6)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1).

(7)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2009 of 9 February 2009 laying down a list of third countries or parts thereof, for import into, or transit through, the Community of meat and wild leporidae, of certain wild land mammals and farmed rabbits and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 39, 10.2.2009, p. 12).

(8)

Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 49).

(9)

Commission Decision 2003/779/EC of 31 October 2003 laying down animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of animal casings from third countries (OJ L 285, 1.11.2003, p. 38).

(10)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 of 2 July 2010 laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for the introduction into the European Union of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption (OJ L 175, 10.7.2010, p. 1).

(11)

Commission Decision 2006/766/EC of 6 November 2006 establishing the lists of third countries and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products are permitted (OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 53).

(12)

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1).

(13)

Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10).

(14)

Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).

(15)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/185 of 2 February 2017 laying down transitional measures for the application of certain provisions of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 29, 3.2.2017, p. 21).

(16)

Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1).

(17)

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).

(18)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (OJ L 226, 23.8.2008, p. 1).

(19)

Commission Decision 2011/163/EU of 16 March 2011 on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (OJ L 70, 17.3.2011, p. 40).

(20)

In accordance with the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).